edit-config for ios usage descriptions: doc.find is not a function

Question

When using the edit-config tag in config.xml, I get this error on build:

Error: doc.find is not a function

Any ideas?

An alternative to add those usage descriptions is: https://github.com/dpa99c/cordova-custom-config — DaveAlden, Nov 21 '17 at 14:59

KNaito · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-23T05:21:45.617

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I think that the error has thrown when the platforms/ios/ios.json file is conflicting to the config.xml.

To resolve this issue, remove *-Info.plist key and its value in platforms/ios/ios.json and do cordova prepare ios again.

--- adding 17/May/2020 ---

If some plugins has config-file tag for *-Info.plist and config.xml has edit-config tag for *-Info.plist, this error may happen. In this case, remove platforms/* and plugins/*, and then cordova platform add ios and cordova prepare again. (If you do cordova prepare without cordova platform add ios, this error may happen)

edited Mar 23 '20 at 05:21

answered Jan 10 '18 at 07:12

KNaito

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Nice solution considering how uninformative this crap error is! – jdixon04 Jun 28 '18 at 21:20
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If this solution does not work for you, go to your platforms > ios > ios.json file and within the *-Info.plist parent key, add the new value that was added to the config.xml file. For example, if you add the NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription edit-config tag, add: `"NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription": [ { "xml": "Need photo library access to get pictures from there.", "count": 1, "mode": "merge", "id": "config.xml" } ],` – Juan Bernal Jul 30 '18 at 00:30
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This helped but have a read on this (https://stackoverflow.com/a/48558496/1176567). If you just remove cordova ios platform and add it again, it would work. This problem occurs when ios platform is already added and then we update the config.xml with . – jsr Jan 22 '19 at 16:24
Just fixed the issue by using instead (other answer) – jvarandas Feb 05 '21 at 02:22

score 66 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 02 '18 at 00:52

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There is an existing issue with <edit-config> conflicting with platforms/ios/ios.json when *-Info.plist is already populated in the json file as of Cordova 7.1.0

I have fixed the issue by using <config-file> instead.

Solution:

<config-file target="*-Info.plist" parent="NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription">
    <string>need location access to find things nearby</string>
</config-file>

answered Aug 02 '18 at 00:52

Shien Hong

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Apple is now requesting `NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription`, this solves my issue, thx a lot! – David Dal Busco Aug 30 '18 at 09:15
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This is the perfect answer. – Neel Apr 19 '19 at 21:42
This does nothing differently. – so001 Jan 27 '21 at 05:22
Work on my side, thanks – Võ Quang Hòa Jul 30 '22 at 17:57
This is the better answer as the accepted one asks you to run `cordova platform add ios` whenever you want to run your project after a clean install. Which is not acceptable. Especially in CI environments. – Daniel Birowsky Popeski Sep 03 '22 at 13:19

score 39 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 06 '18 at 06:56

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I have done this with Ionic 3. Working fine now :)

Solution:

ionic cordova platform remove ios
ionic cordova platform add ios

Re-adding the iOS platform will freshly create the ios.json file.

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answered Feb 07 '18 at 04:19

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Amazing! Couldn't find any documentation on this. – ken Jul 14 '18 at 12:53
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This is kind of a nuclear option... don't try it first. – mmmpop Feb 06 '20 at 03:55

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 15 '21 at 19:18

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Yes, brute force on this case works just fine

cordova platform rm ios && cordova platform add ios

You shouldn't care what's inside platform/ios because the directory platforms is volatile in cordova, nor should be tracked on git projects.

answered Mar 15 '21 at 19:18

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edit-config for ios usage descriptions: doc.find is not a function

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